How Will 'Cut And Paste' Technology Rewrite Our DNA?
Biochemist Sam Sternberg describes how recent developments in gene editing technology may help end many diseases and even control our own evolution.
Health & Safety
How Do Nature And Nurture Combine To Make Us Who We Are?
Psychologist Steven Pinker describes how far we've come in understanding how both nature and nurture make us ... us.
Poultry Industry Issues New Standards Targeting Distance Between Homes and Farms
The poultry industry in North Carolina is increasing the distance between chicken farms and residents as the industry continues to grow.
Zika Epidemic May Have Peaked But Will Threaten U.S. For Years
Scientists have evidence that the epidemic in Latin America may have started to subside. But the U.S. isn't out of the woods yet.
Emotional Healing After A Flood Can Take Just As Long As Rebuilding
Three weeks after the flooding in West Virginia, the phrase "West Virginia Strong" is painted everywhere. But no matter how strong the community, emotional healing after a disaster takes a long time.
What Kills More People Each Year: TB, HIV/AIDS Or Viral Hepatitis?
The first systematic study of viral hepatitis uncovers surprising facts about the often overlooked disease.
Early Bedtime For Preschoolers Might Help Reduce Obesity Risk Later
Little kids who hit the sack early may be less likely to get overtired and fussy in a way that messes with their sleep cycle, researchers say.
Frustrated You Can't Find A Therapist? They're Frustrated, Too
Why is it so hard to connect people with therapists? Insurance bureaucracy cuts both ways, it turns out. Patients have trouble finding therapists in networks. And therapists have trouble joining them.
Social Media Abuse Of Nursing Home Residents Often Goes Unchecked
Iowa health officials recently discovered it wasn't against state law for a nursing home worker to share a photo on Snapchat of a resident covered in feces. They are trying to change that.
Episode 711: Hooked on Heroin
Scoring a fix is cheap and today's heroin is strong. But that's just part of the reason why America got hooked. Today on the show, we trace the roots of America's heroin epidemic.